Quiz Answers Quiz 1 • Which of the statements below is relatively more normative in nature? o It is important to reduce the unemployment rate. • By definition, a government budget deficit occurs when government spending is greater than tax collections. o True • The rate at which prices in general are increasing over time is a nation’s rate of inflation o True • Which choice is a structural policy action? o Government development of new property rights • The labor force, as defined by the U.S. government, is the total number of o Employed and unemployed. • Which of the following is most likely to occur during a U.S. recession? o A decrease in the inflation rate. • Which of the following is relatively more related to micro than macro? o Survival of General Motors • A macroeconomist would study the causes of the failure of Lehman Brothers o False • If a nation’s growth rate of output as measured by real GDP is growing while the population remains constant, then the standard of living is increasing. o True • The nation’s inflation rate is a macroeconomic issue o True • The relatively best example of an economic aggregate is the o Level of government spending • An example of the monetary policy is when the Federal Reserve reduces the prime rate to near zero percent. o True • “If the government budget deficit decreases, the rate of employment will increase” is a normative statement o False • A trade surplus occurs when a country redeems maturing bonds that it issued in the past without issuing new bonds. o False • The “core” inflation rate is calculated by excluding the prices of food and energy o True • Average labor productivity will necessarily increase if more output is produced with more workers o True